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No, 294,976.' Patented Mar. 11,1884.

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ABRAHAM J. DYVORSKY, MARCUS B. KRAMER, AND SIMON PHILLIPS, OF NEWV YORK,N. Y.

PICTURE-EXHIBITOR.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters IEatent No. 294,976, dated March11, 1884.

Application filed August 29, 1883. (No model.)

drawings, forming part of this specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of our improved Fig. 2 is a sectional plan viewof the same, showing the doors opened.

Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the same,

showing the mechanism for swinging the doors.

Apolygonal casing, A, is provided with a door, H, at each corner, whichdoors H are pivoted in the top B and bottom 0 of the oasing, and whichdoors are adapted to receive pictures. The bottom pivot of each door isprovided with a pinion, D, below the bottom of the casing, the severalpinionsengaging with a cog-wheel, E, rigidly mounted on the lower end ofa spindle, F, passing vertically through the casing, andprovided at theend projecting from the top of the casing with a knob, G, or handle orring, for turning the spindle. Each door H is provided with a recess, H,in its inner side, and in each recess two pasteboard or paperpicture-holding frames, J, are hinged, by means of a strip of fabric orleather, or by means of hinges,which picture-holding frames are made inthe same manner as the picture-holding pages of an album. The frames Jare hinged at the inner ends of the recesses H. The casingv is providedwith a central polygonal standard, K, through which the spindle F passesloosely. On each side of the polygonal standard two picture-holdingframes, L, are hung, which are also constructed'in the same manner asthe pages of an album, and can be arranged to receive four or morepictures, as may be desired. The casing A and the central standard, K,can be made circular or cylindrical, if desired. By turning the spindleF in one direction the cog-wheel E will be revolved, and all the pinionsD will be revolved and the doors H will be swung'open. The frame orpicture-holders J can then be swung out of the recesses H in the doors.The frames or picture-holders L can successively be swung to one side toexhibit the pictures in them successively. By turning the spindle F inthe inverse direction in relation to the direction for opening thedoors, the doors can all be closed.

The casing can be made of any desired suitable size, with more or lesssides, and can be ornamented in different ways.

If desired, the central standard, K, can be arranged to revolve insteadof being fixed.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1.- A picture-exhibitor consisting of a casingconstructed with a series of swinging doors provided in the inner sideswith recesses, in each of which one or more pictureholding frames arehinged, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. A picture-exhibitor consisting of a casing constructed with a seriesof swinging doors provided in the innersides with recesses, in each ofwhich one or more pictureholding frames are hinged, and with a centralstandard, on which aseries of pictureholding frames arehung,substantially as herein shown and described.

3. A picture-exhibitor consisting of a casing constructed with a seriesof swinging doors provided in the inner sides with recesses, in each ofwhich one or more picturemechanism for opening or closing all the doorssimultaneously, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. In a picture-exhibitor, the combination, with a casing, of a seriesof swinging doors provided in the inner sides with recesses, in

holding frames are hinged, combined with each of which one or morepicture-holding the upper end of the spindle, substantially as framesare hinged, a central standard, picherein shown and described.

tore-holding frames hung on the same, a pin- ABRAHAM J. DXVORSKY. ionmounted on the bottom pivot of each door, 2 V MARCUS B. KRAMER. 5 acog-wheel engaging with each pinion, aspin- SIMON PHILLIPS.

dle passing loosely through the standard, on Witnesses: the lower end ofwhich spindle the said eog- OSCAR F. GUNZ, wheel is mounted, and of aknob or handle on (I. SEDGWIOK.

